First I must admit, all of the little booklets for my Expedition are still sealed up, except for the goofy trailer brake assist pack, that I regretfully opened, (no use for it).
Is the fourth generation the first to have the button for setting and releasing the parking brake?
What I'm really interested in knowing, is whether there are certain instances when the parking brake will set itself, without any input from the driver?
Mine has set itself at least 3 different times, since I bought it new the last week of July. It is so very rare, I do not have any frame of reference for circumstances which may lead to it doing so on it's own. There are times when I will slow down to a stop and I hear the distinctive whine of the parking brake setting, yet the "brake" light in the dash, doesn't illuminate, and once I start to accelerate, the truck doesn't stall, like I'd expect, if the parking brake were in fact set.
Tonight when I got home, I put the vehicle in reverse to bring it closer to the curb, and once I shifted to "park" the parking brake squeeled and set itself. So is that a regular condition, coming out of Reverse and back into Park, the parking brake is automatically set?
Seems odd to me, and would hate to find out down the road, my rotors are toast due to some sort of glitch. Never had any vehicle that had this feature, and it really is my only not like feature of this vehicle, dah fak pushing a pedal down to set/release too much?
Is the fourth generation the first to have the button for setting and releasing the parking brake?
What I'm really interested in knowing, is whether there are certain instances when the parking brake will set itself, without any input from the driver?
Mine has set itself at least 3 different times, since I bought it new the last week of July. It is so very rare, I do not have any frame of reference for circumstances which may lead to it doing so on it's own. There are times when I will slow down to a stop and I hear the distinctive whine of the parking brake setting, yet the "brake" light in the dash, doesn't illuminate, and once I start to accelerate, the truck doesn't stall, like I'd expect, if the parking brake were in fact set.
Tonight when I got home, I put the vehicle in reverse to bring it closer to the curb, and once I shifted to "park" the parking brake squeeled and set itself. So is that a regular condition, coming out of Reverse and back into Park, the parking brake is automatically set?
Seems odd to me, and would hate to find out down the road, my rotors are toast due to some sort of glitch. Never had any vehicle that had this feature, and it really is my only not like feature of this vehicle, dah fak pushing a pedal down to set/release too much?